Join us at e-flux on Tuesday, February 10 at 7pm for the launch of e-flux Index #8, featuring Piper Marshall and a tribute to Dara Birnbaum. Marshall will read from her remembrance of Dara Birnbaum, published in e-flux Notes on the occasion of Birnbaum’s passing and re-published in e-flux Index #8. The reading will be followed by a screening of selected works from Birnbaum’s seminal oeuvre. Copies of e-flux Index #8 will be available for purchase at a discounted price at the event.
e-flux Index #8 v Piper Marshall v Dara Birnbaum
I’m pretty sure I first caught the piece at a party on to rooftop of Dia’s 548 West 22nd Street, Chelsea location. This must’ve been a summer evening around 2002 or 2003.
One thing making the experience unique was the party’s being held in and around Dan Graham’s, Rooftop Urban Park Project (1981–91). Again, while the memory is a bit hazy, and because there seems to be no documentation of the event online, through the haze I remember the tranquil feel of the event. While Wonder Woman transformed and transformed again, we were casually sitting inside Dan Graham’s piece with a six pack.